FAQs

Find answers to frequently-asked questions here! Don’t see your question? Comment below, and keep checking back—we’ll be adding to this page as we are able.

• Where do you get your inspiration? Answer
• How long does it take to write a book? Answer
• When will the animated series be ready? Answer
• When will the whole series be available in hardcover? Answer
• Where is the best place to buy the books? Answer
• Will there be a fifth Wingfeather book? Answer• Will there ever be a reprint of the Creaturepedia? Answer
• Will Andrew write more fiction? Answer
• When will the Florid Sword comic be released? Answer
• How do I pronounce ___? Answer
• Can I write Andrew a letter or send him a drawing I made for him? Answer

Comments

Is there any way you would have a transparent image of the W with the pen through it? Because it seems to appear on everything but I can’t remove the background successfully. It’s on the “W Logo Avatar” picture under “Digital Downloads.”

Hi Kalmar! I love that you love these books, and that you draw every day! Andrew would be thrilled to see some of your drawings, and so would I. 🙂 Sorry to have had to edit your question just slightly. You worded it very well but we try to keep spoilers in the forum. And speaking of which, the forum is a great place to talk with other readers about questions like this. You can read this thread to see one conversation we had awhile back on this very topic, and you’re welcome to post a new thread of your own if you want! I’m glad to have you here. 🙂

I’m doing an oral interpretation for debate and was wondering if The Wooing of Sophelia Stupe in the Wingfeather tales would be good. i actually have not read the book, but i know it’s a bunch of short stories. do you have any suggestions? are there any other good short stories in the book that would work?
Ben

Hi Ben! I’m actually not sure how to answer that because I don’t know what your assignment requires, but you are right that Wingfeather Tales is a book of short stories, and they are all really good. I like Sophelia Stupe a lot. Do you want to pop into our forum to talk more with other readers?

Hello, Madam Sidler –
I am so glad that there is now a Wingfeather Saga t-shirt (from the Kickstarter), but I know that there are a lot of people out there (myself included) who didn’t back the Kickstarter/didn’t get a high enough reward level/etc. but would love to own a saga shirt. Unless I’m mistaken, however, it’s not available for purchase at the Rabbit Room (or anywhere else).
Now that the Wingfeather graphics are available on the website, though, I thought that maybe it would be fun to create a Wingfeather t-shirt on Custom Ink (you can use your own graphics) and place a group order for all iggyfeathers out there who would love to have a shirt displaying their favorite book series. Do you have any thoughts? Again, it’s just an idea still, although if it materialized, I would love to contribute designs (maybe you could have a design contest?). Please let me know what you think!
Thanks!

What a fun idea! The official artwork is protected by copyright and unfortunately I can’t give permission for you to make shirts (and in fact, a shirt-printing company would respond with an email asking for Andrew’s permission in writing). But you’re welcome to come up with an original design for a shirt of your own, or you can check out Joe Sutphin’s Wolf King shirts. I have one and it’s one of my favorite shirts ever. 🙂 If you have ideas for a campaign or any other questions, you can reach out to Andrew’s management; they’ll know all the answers (email apmanagement@me.com).

Is the Florid Sword Comic going to be just for kickstarter backers? Also, can I still pledge support for the animated series or is it closed to new backers? I bet the sound track would be pretty cool to listen to.

Hi Ian! The Florid Sword comic is a backer reward, but I expect it to be available for non-backers to purchase also. Unfortunately, due to the nature of Kickstarter campaigns, support is closed to new backers, but I love that you want to help. 🙂 Good ways to help right now include: Liking and following all the Wingfeather social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter) and encouraging your friends to do the same, and praying for the animation team and the studio executives who are deciding whether to pick up the series.

So far all the music that’s been released is the cinematic version of “My Love Has Gone Across the Sea,” which is featured in this trailer.

I just discovered this website while Googling “Andrew Peterson” (after being randomly directed to his amazing music on Spotify!), and it looks fascinating. I have 3 kids, aged 8, almost 7, and 4, and so was wondering about what ages these books would be the most suitable for. Our older two are voracious readers, but are also happy to be read to, so what reading level are these books directed at, and from your experience, which ages would be most likely to enjoy the story?

Hi Karen, great question. Andrew usually says eight and up. I know of a lot of families who include their littles in the readalouds (some as young as 2), and at the same time there are some pretty emotionally difficult character arcs and frightening subplots, so it really depends on your kids. (Sara Masarik at Plumfield and Paideia suggests 10+ for kids who are more sensitive to that sort of thing. She has written three excellent reviews of the series.) And the books do make great readalouds. The series matures as it goes on, but the first chapter will give you a good idea of the creepiness factor. The kids in the books start out at 12, 11, and 9.

Here is Andrew’s Note to Parents. He doesn’t address this question directly in that note, but it gives a little context.

How fun that you’ve found these books through a random Spotify encounter! I hope you and your family enjoy and are enriched by them. 🙂

Thank you for asking that. We don’t currently have a report/block option set up. I just lurk around the secret passageways and keep an eye on things. But we do have a forum thread where meanness and appropriate behavior can be discussed, and you can post there if you’ve seen something that I’ve missed. I certainly appreciate the help and concern.

Aww! I appreciate you too! And I think I found the post that had worried you. I don’t know how it slipped through my notifications, but I’m glad you alerted me to the need to prowl! Definitely let me know if you see anything else like that.

Joelle, welcome to Aerwiar! The first book is On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness. From there, read North! Or Be Eaten, then The Monster in the Hollows, and only then The Warden and the wolf King. Wingfeather Tales are mostly spoiler-free, but are best read after at least book two.

Hi Brendan, you’re not alone in wishing for a more concrete ending. See “Will there be a fifth Wingfeather book?,” above. We’d love to have you in the forum if you want to discuss the way the series ended. And yes, there are short stories, and Andrew will continue writing—check out Wingfeather Tales.

Hello, and kind of random question here: someone mentioned Aedan Peterson’s blog in a comment. I just had to say, do Aedan, Asher, and Skye have their own blogs and are they public? Because I would just love to read their blogs! I have a brother named Asher, and I am exactly a month younger than Skye. Which is not important, but pretty cool. =)

Maya, that’s an excellent question. Unfortunately, I don’t think our current forum setup has that option, at least not without requiring people to set up an account and sign in every time they want to participate. I’ll do a little investigating. Maybe there’s a better way that we haven’t found yet. Thanks for mentioning this!

Okay, how about this: When you post a reply to a forum topic, you should see a checkbox that says “Notify me of follow-up replies via email.” If you check that, you should get an email every time somebody responds to that specific conversation. I don’t see a way to be notified when somebody starts an all-new topic, but that should at least help you with topics you’ve already replied to. Let me know if that works!

I suspect that this is partly because it was initially available exclusively to Kickstarters. And it’s neither fiction (story) or nonfiction. It’s likely that your librarians weren’t aware of it, or just didn’t think about purchasing it. If either of those are the case, you can always recommend books for your library to purchase. Librarians love recommendations and will take that seriously. (They won’t always buy the thing you asked for, but they will take it seriously.) Unfortunately, the Creaturepedia is now out of print, as it was intended to be a limited edition.

How do you pronounce Aerwiar and Anniera? I’m making On The Edge Of The Dark Sea Of Darkness into a homemade movie with my friends and siblings. And I’m trying to be as accurate as possible to Andrew’s books.

An epoch is a long period of time, but not any specific length. It might be a century, or even several centuries. Instead of being a specific number of years, it marks a period of time where huge, world-changing events happen at the beginning and at the end of that period.

Here are some examples from another story, from Tolkien’s Middle-Earth. (In Middle-Earth, instead of epoch, they say “age.”) The first age ends when Morgoth is defeated, and the second and third ages both end when Sauron is defeated. All three of those battles had outcomes that changed the way people experienced the world, so each one was the end of one epoch and the beginning of another.

C.S. Lewis’ Narnia also has epochs, although the timeline has some gaps. One epoch was the reign of the White Witch, and the Golden Age was when the four Pevensies ruled, and there was a dark age at some point after that. The Telmarine conquest started a new age, and when Miraz was defeated and Caspian the Tenth started ruling, another new epoch started.

Other words we can use for epoch or age are “period” or “era.” In our world, some examples are the Viking Era, or the Roman Empire. We can find examples in other worlds, too, like in Harry Potter. I bet you can think of some. In Aerwiar, the first epoch ended when the first kingdom fell.

I’m wondering if you plan to make the boxed set available again (or was it just a package you all put together with the Wingfeather Saga volumes, the Creaturepedia, and some maps thrown in?)? I saw it awhile ago on your site and came back just now looking for it in preparation for Christmas gifts. Our 5 kids – ages 3-14 when we read through the Saga – ALL LOVED the books. Mom and Dad did too! We give thanks to God for Andrew Peterson and his giftedness and loving labors.

That particular set—all four books, plus the Creaturepedia and map—won’t be available again. The Creaturepedias and maps won’t be reprinted once they’re sold out (the Creaturepedias are gone, but there are a few maps left!) But!!!—the paperback edition of The Warden and the Wolf King is now available for preorder and will begin shipping in the next week or so, which means that you can finally have a matched set! There is even a bundle you can purchase at a discount.

It’s so good to hear how you love the books! What a great thing that your family can enjoy them all together. 🙂 Thank you for your kind words!